Leaders with Ginni Thomas: Dr. Walter E. Williams

Ginni Thomas

Virginia Thomas, 54, is a special correspondent for the Daily Caller producing videos of emerging leaders and educators in the public square. Her ear is to the ground outside the Washington Beltway as a social entrepreneur. Previously, she was the founder of LibertyCentral.org (nonprofit for citizen activists), and has worked at The Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College's Washington office, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the senior levels of the legislative and executive branches of government. She has maintained her midwestern authenticity after 30 years in Washington, D.C. and enjoys motor homing and the Nebraska Cornhuskers with her husband, Justice Clarence Thomas. Her degrees are: Business Communication & Political Science from Creighton University, and J.D. from Creighton Law School (Omaha, NE).

Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University.

Williams, 76, has been teaching economics at George Mason since 1980. He is also an active political commentator, writing a syndicated column that appears in over 140 newspapers and sometimes serving as the substitute host for Rush Limbaugh’s radio show.

Williams views his role in the political arena as “rattling the cage” and being a “troublemaker.”

The Daily Caller’s Ginni Thomas recently spoke with Dr. Williams about taxation, out of control government, what he would say if he sat with President Obama, his view on gun control, his friendship with conservative intellectual Thomas Sowell, his desired legacy and much more.

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